SUBO told Access Hollywood she is planning a permanent move to the city that never sleeps starting with a house-hunting expedition when she tours the country later this year.

The superstar singer wants to buy a flat in New York and move to the US for good.

Susan said the welcome she receives from fans in the States made her want to leave West Lothian behind.

The 53-year-old will go on her first tour of the US later this year and may use her spare time to go house hunting.

She told US TV show Access Hollywood: “The best part of what has happened to me is the travelling, especially to America.

“I love America, I love the people in America. The reception I get from some of the fans is really good. There’s a possibility I will move here, I’m toying with the idea at the moment.

“I would probably move to New York. I like the busyness of it, I like the whole atmosphere, it’s really good.

“It’s a little bit like London and parts of Glasgow.”

Susan told how she now can’t bear to watch her famous Britain’s Got Talent audition from 2009 which catapulted her to stardom. Her rendition of I Dreamed a Dream has been viewed more than 150million times on YouTube.

Susan said: “If I could go back to then, I would ditch that frock.

“I haven’t seen the clip now for a couple of years but I understand it’s still going.

“When I saw, it I thought, ‘Oh my God, what is she wearing? Look at the mess of her hair.’

“I’d had so many unsuccessful auditions before and I just went on to have a good laugh.”

Susan, who last year revealed she had been diagnosed with Asperger’s syndrome, will release her sixth studio album in October.

She said the record would feature covers of songs by Pink Floyd and U2.